I do this really just for my own benefit & clarity of thought (& to keep my Desktop clean). The ' space_marines' ' troops' folder would go in:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\space_marines Why? This is where 3DS MAX will look for the textures when you import the models mesh into MAX later on.Īlso now is a good time to put all of the xxx-Whm-High.sga troops folders that you extracted to you Desktop (or wherever you put them) in their respective race folders in ' DataScr'. & copy the ' texture_share' folder of the race/races you are modding to:Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name* Note: You will find all the archives for meshes & textures you have in the 'W40k', 'WXP' & 'DXP2' folders within the main game directory of the game/games you have installed.ĭesktop (*or wherever you extracted them to)\_DXP2Data-SharedTextures-Full.sga\data\art\ebps\races\*race name*\ Repeat this process for ' DXP2Data-SharedTextures-Full.sga' & any other archives you wish to extract.īasically the ?Data-Whm-High/Med/Low.sga's contain the meshes & the ?Data-SharedTextures-Full.sga contain the textures.
#3ds max 8 mdl export archive#
Hit ' ' & then ' ' (the chosen archive is then extracted to your chosen location). sga archive rather than the archive itself & any changes to the extracted files will change your default game & possibly break online play! ***Warning***:If you use the default ' Save to:' path in dawnofwarunsga.exe this will mean the game will look to your extracted version of the.
Now select the ' ' box right of 'Save to:' & navigate to your Desktop (You can extract the archives to wherever you want, Desktop works for me). Open dawnofwarunsga.exe (a box should appear with 'Path:' & 'Save to:' boxes in it)Ĭlick on the ' ' box to the right of 'Path:' (a new box will appear)Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\DXP2 I'll use the Dark Crusade archives as example here to give you an idea of what you are required to do. sga archive/archives which contain the models of the units. Here you would extract (using dawnofwarunsga.exe) the games. The modtools setup file linked above includes these so you don't have to create them yourself.Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataGeneric\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troopsĬ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troopsĬ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\My_Mod\Data\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troops These are the three folder structures that you will probably be most concerned with while using 3ds max and the object editor. sga files)įolder Structure & Folders you will be using the most TGA).ĭawnofwarunsga_v1.0 (to unpack the games. Z will center the camera on selected objectīottom rightmost button to maximize viewportĮssential Programs, Plug-ins, Tools & Downloads Preference, one viewport default : right click perspective in the viewport, click configure, layout, single viewport, rightclick and choose perspective In the new window scroll down to the dow properties browser, drag it to the main toolbar Right click the top toolbar and click customize
You would then copy these folders ' plugins ', ' scripts ', ' ui ' & Dxtc.dll, libguide40.dll, msvcp71.dll & msvcr71.dll fromĬ:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\3dsmaxĬ:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\ui\macroscripts If you did it right 3dsmax will now be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008Ĭ opy the ' scripts ', ' UI ' and ' help ' folders from that archive intoĬ:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008 When it asks for your name an d organization just type “user” in all three The 64-bit version will not work with our plugins so don’t bother installing it.
#3ds max 8 mdl export install#
O n the products to install page uncheck everything except “ A utodesk 3ds M ax 2008 32-bit ” (its the first one). The old guide lacked crucial information like which version of max to install and also didn’t mention the dow properties browser.ģds max 2008 is no longer sold or supported by autodesk.ĭisclaimer: I believe this to be abandonware, no copyright infringement intended. I wrote this months ago but didn't post it for some reason.